difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
return path (of a signal, communication); return trip
overhasty; rash; premature
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
lightly; easily; carelessly
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
moment; brief space of time
bent back; hunchback; stoop
difference; disparity; gap
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
to begin shooting; to shoot out
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
crushing; breaking by applying pressure
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
blackish; darkish; dark; dusky
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
in the future; another day; later
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...